DESERT BATTLE
WORK OF NEW ZEALAND UNITS TRANSPORT MEN & SIGNALLERS. COMMENDED BY SR A. WAVELL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Prime Minister has received the following message from General Sir Archibald Wavell, Cornmander-in-Chief of the British Forces in the Middle East:— ■‘Nov/ Zealand motor transport units have played an important part in the operations in the Western Desert up to date. In the opening stages they carried infantry forward to the attack and displayed coolness and resolution under fire. Since the first attack they have worked continuously at the arduous task of bringing forward supplies under difficult conditions and oyer long distances by day and night. In addition, New Zealand signallers have provided essential links in the system of communications, working long . hours under trying conditions. In this way they have contributed largely to th successes obtained.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1940, Page 4
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139DESERT BATTLE Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1940, Page 4
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